I was only at the house for about an hour today but here are a few photos of what's been accomplished over the last couple of days. Here you can see that Mark E has been working on the chimney in the guest bedroom... The chimney has been re-built to its original height and is setting. When the mortar has dried, Mark will put a blue stone chimney cap on top.

Ed, Hector and one of Ed's old employees have been installing the trim around the roof line so that the roof can be put on. This has taken priority over other things like getting the sheathing on and putting windows in etc. Obviously it's important to get the roof on before too much longer!

Here's another view of the chimney. Mark E was able to reuse the old bricks so it will look original.

I'm anxious to start getting siding on and I've been trying to push Ed to get a wall ready for us to do this Saturday. I'm hopeful that we'll be able to get one wall done over the weekend. I think it's looking pretty good...it will be quite a milestone when the house is finally buttoned up.

Other things today -- the electric service was hooked up so we have power! and I met with Henry Richards a local contractor about installing the septic system. Stay tuned...

Just a bit of bad news, Mike, one of the guys who has been working on the job may not be able to continue and he's done a great job. We'll hope to see him again.